Wrist cuff construction



July 17, 1951 D. E, WEISS 2,561,161

WRIST CUFF CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 28, 1950 fiZU Z/ZZW flaw/d- E; Weiss Patented July 17, 1951 .U-Nl'IEEiD i 19 v "WRISTCUFF CONSTRUCTION v 1 1 David'. Weiss, 'rGhicago, 111.,1assignr: to Whitemhouse .Manufacturing Co;i.Inc.,:' South. Bend,- j Ind., aeorporation Applicatio'irFebruary 28, 1950,- Serial No.-146,78%l

3 Glaims. (om-270) My invention relates tosimprovements sinwrist cuff construction'slfor garments.

In certain types of garments, itis desirable to have a wrist uif'construction' which intimately the case of gowns or frocksworrr byasurgeons or other .operatingroom personnel, i-t-is particularly essential'that" the cuffs of the said garments-always fit the wrist "snugly, since after surgical gloves without necessitating any adjustment on the cuffs, it being readily apparent .hugs-thewrists of .-the-.wearer. For-example, in:

the gownshavebeen-made-sterile, and whenclo worn; the cuffs must hug the wrists sothat t-he surgeon may readily insert his hands into-- the 20f" my 2 invention: with 2certainitportionsrrbroken away 5 to illustrate details: of menstruation.

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3- is a cross:sectional viewatakennonrline -33iof Fig. 1.

Referring to" the drawing, ithexnume'ral i l 0.1-in- -dicates generally a-sleeve terminatingin awrist scuff portion, indicated: generally .by. zthe numeral II. In the embodiment illustrated, the-sleeves! -.is formed oftwo-sectionsAZ and,-l3 =joined.-tovgether1 by. lines of stitching cl 4 .-and.-.l 6,: the; .cuff

portion Ii thereof preferably being-integralwith the sleeve sections.

that any adjustments requiring touching of any Secured to the outer surface of the cuff porpart of the surgeons gown would render it untion II, as by lines of stitching I! and I8, are sterile and unfit for use in surgical procedures. two panels l9 and 2| in substantially diametri- Heretofore, the cufis of surgeons frocks were cal disposition and spaced from each other. The formed of stockinette sections, which functioned ends of the said panels, preferably, terminate at in a satisfactory manner when in relatively new points spaced from the seams of the sleeve seccondition. However, after the garments were tions so that sleeve portions 22 and 23 adjacent subjected to two or three launderings, the elasthe seams tend to fold inwardly, as illustrated in ticity of the stockinette cuffs usually was de- Fig. 3, when the sleeve is in collapsed or in parstroyed and the cuffs did not properly fit the tially collapsed condition. wrists of the wearer. As a result, the garments 25 As will be apparent, the panels I9 and 2| form became unsuitable for use in surgical procedures pockets with the cuff portion II, the said pockand it was the practice in some cases, in order ets being open at both ends through which is to recondition the garment, to remove the unpassed an elastic web or band 24. The said web satisfactory cuffs and to replace the same with is pr fe y in One piece, With the ends Stitched new stockinette sections, while in other cases together along a transverse line 26, to form a the sleeves were merely shortened, the cuff porclosed band adapted to encircle the wrist of the tions being cut off and the frocks converted to wearer. The band 24 is of smaller circumferengeneral purpose garments for use in applicatial length than that of the cuff portion of the tions other than in surgical procedures. It is sleeve, so that the said cufl portion is caused to apparent that the relatively short useful life of be contracted about the wrist, but will yield to the stockinette cuffs in relation to that of the admit the hand of the wearer. garments as a whole, presented a problem of re- It will be apparent that in my improved cufi placement and of maintenance which are imconstruction, should the elasticity of the band portant factors in the operating costs of a hos- 24 become deteriorated as the result of use, the pital institution. old band may be cut transversely at any point Accordingly, it is an object of my invention to and removed from the receiving pockets, and a provide an improved cuff construction incorponew band may be threaded through the pockets rating an elastic band which has a relatively and the ends stitched together, transversely long useful service life, but which may very thereof. Thus, with a minimum of effort and readily be removed and replaced when deterioexpense a garment may be placed in a servicerated, thereby materially increasing the useful able condition, thereby prolonging the useful life life of the garment of which it is a part. of the garment. If desired, the band 24 may be Another object of my invention is the provirotated relative to the cuff portions of the sleeve sion of a wrist cufi construction which is simple to dispose the seamed edges under a panel, such in construction and economical to manufacture. as I9 or 2|, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to hide the Other and further objects and advantages of same from view and thereby to present a neater. my invention will become apparent from the appearance. following description when considered in connec- In garments using stockinette wrist cuffs, in tion with accompanying drawings in which: order to effect replacement, the old cuff portion Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment had to be removed carefully so as not to injure the sleeve and the new cuff then had to be stitched to the sleeve in a correspondingly careful manner. Such maintenance was time consuming and relatively costly, particularly, in view of the relatively short life of the stockinette cuff. In my improved cufi" construction in addition to the increased service life of the elastic band, as compared to that of the stockinette cuff, the manner of replacement of the elastic band is extremely simplified over that of prior cufi constructions employing stockinette cuffs.

While I have illustrated and described a cuff construction having two opposed pockets receiving the elastic band, it is to be understood that it is within the contemplation of my invention to provide a single pocket substantially coextensive with the wrist cuff portion of the sleeve and having a transverse slot or opening through which the elastic band may be threaded through the pocket. Also, instead of two opposed pockets, three or more pockets of shorter length may be circumferentially arranged in spaced relation about the cuff portion of the sleeve.

I claim: 7

1. In combination with a sleeve formed of two sections joined together along two seams, a panel stitched along the longitudinal edges thereof to each of said sections at the cuff portions of said sections and terminating short of said seams, and an elastic band encircling said cuff portions and received between said panels and said sleeve sections to contract said cufi about the wrist.

2. In combination with a sleeve formed of two sections joined together along two seams, a panel attached to each of said sections at the cuff portion thereof, each of said panels terminating short of said seams and forming with the cufi portion of a sleeve section a pocket open at each transverse end, and an elastic band encircling said cuff portions and received in said pockets between said panels and said cufi portions to contract the cuff portions about the wrist of a wearer.

3. In combination with a sleeve formed of two sections joined together along two seams, a panel attached to each of said sections at the cufi portion thereof, each of said panels forming with the cuff portion of a sleeve section a pocket open at each transverse end, and an elastic band encircling said cuff portions and received in said pockets between said panels and said cufi portions to contract the cuff portions about the wrist of a wearer.

DAVID E. WEISS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 954,311 Leiner Apr. 5, 1910 1,076,031 Gamble Oct. 21, 1913 1,302,356 Froney Apr. 29, 1919 

